Two autograph letters, sent by the ophthalmologist Aryeh Feigenbaum to his daughter and her family during the siege on Jerusalem. Jerusalem, May-June 1948.
The letters are written as a journal, written between the dates 18.5.1948 to 16.6.1948. Mentioned in the letters, among others, are the Jordanian Legion joining the war, bombardment of neighborhoods in Jerusalem (Feigenbaum's house was hit several times), shortage of water, snipers in Jerusalem, occupation of Notre Dame, defeat of the Old City, telephone conversation with a Jewish doctor who volunteered to be taken prisoner with injured soldiers, telephone conversation with a Jordanian officer in the Old City, involvement of the British in the war, and other subjects.
On the margins of each of the letters appears a text handwritten by Feigenbaum's wife, Rachel (daughter of the teacher and author Yosef Meyuchas).
Prof. Aryeh Feigenbaum (1885-1981), one of the first ophthalmologists in Palestine. Head of Eye Department in "Tachanat HaBeriut HaIvrit" in Jerusalem, one of the founders of "Agudat HaRofim Dovrei Ivrit" and secretary and chairman of "Histadrut HaRofim BeYErushalayim". Winner of the Szold prize for medicine and public hygiene for the year 1962-1963.
First letter: 8 pp. Second letter: 4 pp. 25 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Foxing and slight defects.